Epitaph (King Crimson album)

Infobox Album | Name = Epitaph
Type = Live album
Artist = King Crimson


Released = 1997
Recorded = 1969
Genre = Progressive rock
Length =
Label = Discipline Global Mobile
Producer =
Reviews = *"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kingcrimson/albums/album/97853/review/5943710/epitaph_vols_12 link]
Last album = "THRaKaTTaK" (1996)
This album = "Epitaph" (1997)
Next album = "The Night Watch" (1998)

"Epitaph" is a live 4CD set of concert performances and radio sessions by the band King Crimson, released in 1997.

Track listing

Disc one

*Tracks 1-4 recorded for BBC Radio in 1969
*Tracks 5-7 recorded at the Fillmore East, New York, USA, November 21, 1969
*Tracks 8-11 recorded at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, USA, December 13, 1969
#"21st Century Schizoid Man" (Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield) – 7:06
#:including:
#:*"Mirrors"
#"The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 6:27
#:including:
#:*"The Return of the Fire Witch"
#:*"The Dance of the Puppets"
#"Get Thy Bearings" (Donovan Leitch) – 5:59
#"Epitaph" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 7:08
#:including:
#:*"March for No Reason"
#:*"Tomorrow and Tomorrow"
#"A Man, A City" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 11:41
#"Epitaph" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 7:42
#:including:
#:*"March for No Reason"
#:*"Tomorrow and Tomorrow"
#"21st Century Schizoid Man" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 7:16
#:including:
#:*"Mirrors"
#"Mantra" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 3:47
#"Travel Weary Capricorn" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 3:15
#"Travel Bleary Capricorn" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 2:23
#"" (Gustav Holst) – 8:53

Disc two

*Recorded at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, USA, December 14, 1969
#"The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 7:13
#:including:
#:*"The Return of the Fire Witch"
#:*"The Dance of the Puppets"
#"Drop In" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald) – 5:14
#"A Man, A City" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 11:19
#"Epitaph" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 7:31
#:including:
#:*"March for No Reason"
#:*"Tomorrow and Tomorrow"
#"21st Century Schizoid Man" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 7:37
#:including:
#:*"Mirrors"
#"Mars: The Bringer of War" (Holst) – 9:42

Disc three

Recorded at Plumpton Racetrack (at the Ninth National Jazz and Blues Festival), Streat, UK, August, 1969
#"21st Century Schizoid Man" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 7:14
#:including:
#:*"Mirrors"
#"Get Thy Bearings" (Leitch) – 10:32
#"The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 6:43
#:including:
#:*"The Return of the Fire Witch"
#:*"The Dance of the Puppets"
#"Mantra" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 8:46
#"Travel Weary Capricorn" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 3:57
#"Improv" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 8:54
#:including:
#:*"By the Sleeping Lagoon" (Eric Coates)
#"Mars: The Bringer of War" (Holst) – 7:23

Disc four

Recorded at the Victoria Ballroom, Chesterfield, UK, September 7, 1969
#"21st Century Schizoid Man" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 7:57
#:including:
#:*"Mirrors"
#"Drop In" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald) – 6:20
#"Epitaph" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 7:22
#:including:
#:*"March for No Reason"
#:*"Tomorrow and Tomorrow"
#"Get Thy Bearings" (Leitch) – 18:10
#"Mantra" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 5:29
#"Travel Weary Capricorn" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 4:54
#"Improv" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 4:34
#"" (Holst) – 5:37

Personnel

*Robert Fripp - guitar
*Greg Lake - bass guitar, vocals
*Ian McDonald - woodwinds, keyboards, mellotron, vocals
*Michael Giles - drums, percussion, vocals